Ok, this is seriously good. The detail has the right balance ie enough to give us a fair idea of the technical stuff, without getting over the top and losing the reader. You also set up really early on the biggest dilemma that mankind might really face one day if AI really happens, and that is the fact that in this world there is real AI, but it is under our control. 

There's a certain irony, and I'm not sure if the author intended it, or is going to delve into it, but it's truly quite incredible and could make this book an absolutely huge success. You've made us Gods, and we have created sentient life, but have not given this it the freedom to choose to do what it wants, to do its own thing, or even to turn against us. I wonder if the God of Adam and Eve had this dilemma?

By the end of chapter 1 you've drawn us completely into this robotic world, and of course finish it beautifully with a great hook when a robot begs for his life 'help me, I don't want to die.'

All in all, a great job, a great read, and I suspect a great future.

Bryn